feminine
simile
Upamā (feminine) [feminine of upama in abstract meaning] likeness, simile, parable, example (cf. formula introducing u. S II 114; M I 148); Snp 705 (cf. Dhp 129, 130), 1137 (= upanidhā sadisaṃ paṭibhāgo Nidd II §158); It 114; Vism 341, 478, 512, 582 f., 591 f.; Pv-a 29, 112 (dhen°); Pj II 329, 384; Saddh 29, 44, 259. -vacana expression of comparison (usually applied to particle evaṃ) Pj II 13, 472; Pj I 185, 195, 208, 212; Pv-a 25.
comparison, similarity, likeness; object of comparison; simile; exemplification; parable
【陰】 upamāna,【中】 直喻,寓言,比較。
(fem, fem, abstr, from upameti) simile; comparison; parallel; example; illustration simile, parable, comparison [lit.] measuring near Construction: upa + √mā + ā